Podcast Statistics
This page is updated monthly with information on downloads that artists have asked for in the past before allowing music to be played.

Monthly Stats
Thanks to all who have listened and told your friends

It’s sad to say that my podcasts are not quite as popular as they used to be. After I won the European Podcast of the Year Award at the end of 2010, there was a massive increase in downloads during 2011 with a total of 1.8 millions downloads. This has now dropped back to 1.3 million in 2012 , 747,000 in 2013 and 425,000 in 2014.

I’m not sure of all the reasons why this has happened. Perhaps there is more choice nowadays, perhaps my musical tastes are not reflecting the “latest genre” as they were in 2009 when the Dub Step Zone started and Dubstep was still somewhat underground. Perhaps the ubiquitous “dubstep drop” featuring in more pop-oriented tracks has diluted the dubstep genre.

Either way, I always reflect at at the start of each year on WHY I do podcasting. Essentially the reason is still the same. It’s my hobby and I love doing it. I like to help share excellent new music and I have the audacity to think I’m a taste maker, rather than a taste follower. I have a small number of dedicated listeners and a number of musicians and netlabelists that I now call friends, either physically or virtually, and that’s been good for me.

So here’s to 2015. My 10th year in podcasting and one that is bound to be full of weird and wonderful new music. Bring it on!

Thank you so much for continuing to enjoy the podcasts. It makes it all worthwhile producing them.